Launch of the campaign "You control climate change"

José Manuel Barroso, President of the EC, and Stavros Dimas, Member of the EC in charge of Environment, launched the EC campaign on combating climate change, one of the biggest challenges. The fight against climate change is a priority at European level. However, in order to succeed, all sectors of society - such as industry, transport, agriculture, households - have to make a contribution. Guy Verhofstadt, Belgian Prime Minister, so as Bruno Tobback, Belgian Minister for Environment and Minister for Pensions, also attended the launch of the campaign.